While the watermelon was being frozen, Chen Ling went to kill the eel.

Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing were too embarrassed to be idle around, so they came over to help. However, it was obvious from the start that Han Chuang had really never done any work. He was so clumsy that he couldn't even catch an eel. Jiang Xiaoqing, on the other hand,

Very neatly, Chen Ling was able to kill the eel quickly.

Then she squatted by the well and helped Chen Ling pick up crayfish. Jiang Xiaoqing was now a technician at the Bureau of Agriculture. Although she had just joined the job not long ago, she had heard of the name of crayfish. She never thought that this thing could still be used.

eat.

However, Wang Susu told her that Chen Ling could cook it and it was delicious, so she helped them clean it up with some doubts.

Rinse a large pot of crayfish several times to remove the sludge, then brush it vigorously with a brush several times. After scrubbing it thoroughly, cut off the shrimp head, pull off the black stomach pouch, and remove the two gills.

The plump shrimp meat is exposed, and it looks really appetizing.

Crayfish are very dirty, so you still need to wash them twice at this step. However, you can't rinse them at this step. You have to use rinsing, otherwise the shrimp meat will be easily washed away.

After rinsing, Jiang Xiaoqing asked again: "Brother Ling, do you need to remove the thread from the shrimp?"

"You can't smoke it now. After the shrimp threads are pulled out, the shrimp meat will become very loose and unpalatable. If you smoke it again when you eat it, the taste will be much better."

The crayfish were put away and the rice dumplings were served in the kitchen. However, Wang Susu knew that she would eat watermelon later, so she did not bring out the rice dumplings.

There was no watermelon just now, so I steamed the rice dumplings.

Now that the watermelon has been put on ice in the well, if you still bring out the rice dumplings for people to eat, it is not showing hospitality, it is forcing people to feel upset.

Chen Ling and Han Chuang were sitting in the yard eating melon seeds and talking. Wang Susu went to get some dried chili segments and cut them. She was watching when Chen Ling was making crayfish last time, so she naturally knew what to do.

To make this dish, chili peppers are indispensable, and the chili peppers cannot be put in whole, they must be cut, otherwise the flavor of the chili peppers will not come out and the crayfish will not taste good.

After Wang Susu finished cutting a large bowl of chili segments and the watermelon was frozen, Chen Ling pulled up two large watermelons from the well.

Han Chuang, a boy who could kill fish and wash shrimps, couldn't help, but he could still do the job of cutting a watermelon, so he took it out of the bucket, cut it with a kitchen knife, and brought it over for them to eat.

Nowadays, the watermelon has only been ripe for a few days and is not fleshy, but it tastes very sweet. After being chilled by the well water, it feels cool in the mouth and the whole person feels refreshed. The only bad thing is that the skin of the melon is very thick.

"Well, this melon is delicious. It's so sweet." Han Chuang held a piece of watermelon and chewed it. Only the skin was left after he took it three times and divided it by two. He reached for it again and continued to chew.

Seeing Han Chuang devouring his food, Jiang Xiaoqing was so angry that she couldn't hold it back even after enduring it, so she pinched the back of his waist hard.

Han Chuang picked up another piece of watermelon and was gnawing it happily when his lower back suddenly hurt and he couldn't help but scream. When he turned around, he saw Jiang Xiaoqing glaring at him.

He was so frightened that he immediately shrank his neck: "What, what, what's the matter, Xiaoqing?"

Jiang Xiaoqing didn't expect him to shout so loudly, so he smiled sheepishly at Chen Ling and his wife, turned around and glared at Han Chuang again: "I can't help you with some work, and I don't know how to eat. With someone like you,

A guest? I'm not afraid that Brother Ling and sister-in-law will laugh at you."

Han Chuang blushed all of a sudden and was speechless.

"It's okay, Chuangzi. What's the matter? Just come to my house and don't live. It's just like at your own home. You can eat whatever you want. Come on, have another piece."

Upon seeing this, Chen Ling hurriedly handed Han Chuang a piece of watermelon and comforted him.

Wang Susu also spoke up to smooth things over.

"Brother Ling, sister-in-law, Chuangzi is fine. You don't need to persuade him at all. He just stutters and the words are stuck in his mouth and can't come out..."

Seeing that Chen Ling and his wife were being made uncomfortable, Jiang Xiaoqing explained aloud.

As soon as these words came out, Han Chuang's face turned even redder, and then I, I, I, I didn't know why for a long time.

Seeing this situation, Chen Ling couldn't hold it back for a moment and burst into laughter.

Wang Susu and Jiang Xiaoqing couldn't help but laugh too.

The more they laughed, the more anxious Han Chuang became, and the more speechless he became.

In the end, Han Chuang gave up and started to chew the watermelon.

After waiting for a long time, he calmed down and finally said the complete words: "I, I can't help with cooking, can't I still do hard work? I will come to help Lingzi harvest wheat in two days."

Chen Ling laughed when he heard this: "What kind of wheat are you harvesting? My family didn't plant any this year."

"Ah? Then what are you doing at home all day? I saw that you didn't run to the county seat. I thought you were busy with things in the fields."

Han Chuang was immediately confused.

Last time I met Chen Ling, I told him to go to his cannery if he couldn't do it. But he said he would farm at home from now on. Han Chuang really thought that he would work in the fields all day.

"I have nothing to do at home. This year I just exchanged about 30 acres of land with someone. After planting fruit saplings, I basically grow vegetables, graze cattle, and go to the mountains to collect herbs. There is nothing else to do.

of."

"In that case, then you can come to my cannery. It will cost you three hundred yuan a month, and then let my dad arrange a lighter job for you."

Han Chuang mentioned this issue again.

Chen Ling didn't say anything else after hearing this. He just told him not to worry about himself. He said that he had no plans to do anything else this year and just wanted to stay at home with his wife.

Then he stood up and cut half a watermelon, changing the subject and talking about his marriage to Jiang Xiaoqing.

As for Han Chuang, he also knew that Chen Ling was away from home every day before, so there was nothing wrong with thinking like this now, so he followed Chen Ling's words and started talking about his pre-marriage preparations with great interest.

"Xiaoqing and I are going to the city to pick up a TV set in a while. Hey, when you get it back, you can go to my house and watch it. The color TV is really exciting."

"Come on, how can you buy the TV set you used for your wedding and let people watch it? But you two finally went to the city to buy a TV set?"

"I bought a motorcycle, a bicycle, a radio, and ordered some jewelry. When I go back to the city, I just want to buy a TV and take some pictures. My father said that he would divide the family for me and give me the tractor when the time comes.

"

A few people were gnawing on the watermelon and chatting. After eating the big watermelon, Han Chuang stood up and volunteered to throw away the watermelon rind.

"It's okay. You don't need to throw the watermelon rind out. Just put it in the stone trough outside the chicken coop. When the chickens and ducks come back, they will eat it themselves."

Wang Susu reminded him loudly.

When Han Chuang heard this, he walked to the chicken coop with a basin full of melon rinds and poured it into the stone trough. When he saw a hatchet leaning against the wall next to him, he asked: "Sister-in-law, this melon rind is such a big chicken."

Can it be eaten? Do I need to chop it into pieces before feeding?"

"No, no, no, just wash your hands and rest. They can eat it by themselves by pecking at it with their beaks."

Wang Susu explained, then walked to the door and softly called the chickens "duh...duh...duh...".

After a while, chickens, ducks, and quails came back in a swarm. They also knew that they were about to be fed, so they entered the yard and headed straight for the chicken coop.

When they saw the watermelon rind in the stone trough, they immediately surrounded it. In the blink of an eye, the stone trough was full. You squeezed me and I squeezed yours. Their heads moved quickly to peck at the watermelon rind, and everyone ate it very much.

Happy.

Jiang Xiaoqing washed his hands and came over to take a look. He became interested when he saw a few quails mixed in among the chickens and ducks.

However, these quails obviously cannot compete with chickens and ducks, especially ducks. Not only are they very strong, but their mouths are like hoeing when they eat. Every time they lower their mouths, they can eat a large piece of melon rind, and they can eat the quails with just a turn of their plump buttocks.

Squeezed out.

After forcing a few quails to no avail, they chirped anxiously, then jumped up and stepped on the chickens and ducks, and went to fight with them in the stone trough.

Cuckoo, quack, chirp, the cries of chickens, ducks, and quails mixed together, and a strong pastoral atmosphere immediately emerged.

Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing watched with great interest until all the melon rinds in the stone trough were eaten. Then they returned to the stone table and sat down, helping Wang Susu peel garlic and prepare seasonings.

While chatting, seeing that it was almost noon, Chen Ling got up and carried the ingredients into the kitchen to prepare lunch.

Today's first dish is braised eel segments. Chen Ling heats up the wok first, pours in peanut oil, and then adds peppercorns and aniseed. After frying until fragrant, while the pan is hot, he adds eel segments and ginger slices.

Stir-fry in the pot, then add dark soy sauce, cooking wine, soybean paste and water and simmer for a few minutes. Finally, add salt, add some chopped green onion and garlic cloves, and simmer for a while.

When I opened the lid of the pot, the aroma filled the yard with the smell of meat. There were guests at home. Hei Wa and Xiao Jin were called by Chen Ling to lie down under the eaves. At this time, they couldn't help but run over with their respective rice bowls in their mouths.

, squatting behind him, looking at him eagerly, drooling non-stop.

"What are you doing? The guests want to eat even though they haven't eaten yet. Haven't I usually fed you? Go aside quickly."

Chen Ling scolded, and the two dogs immediately picked up the rice bowl and ran away in aggrieved manner.

These two little things never lag behind when it comes to eating. They always have their share of the big fish and meat, and now they are pretending to be pitiful with him.

The next dish to cook is Chen Ling's specialty dish, twice-cooked pork. He has long been tired of eating it, but it is still a good dish when served to guests.

After the twice-cooked pork was cooked, today's highlight was the spicy crayfish. Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing had never tried this before, so when they saw Chen Ling starting to cook the crayfish, they ran over to watch.

At this time, Chen Linggang washed the big iron pot on the stove twice. There were many people today and a lot of crayfish were caught, so he couldn't fry it in the ordinary iron pot.

Add firewood and light it, wait for the pot to heat up and then pour in the oil. After the oil is hot, Chen Ling pours the prepared crayfish into the pot.

"Zi la..."

In the crackling oil pan, the crayfish quickly changed from blue-gray to attractive red.

Just this color made Han Chuang and Jiang Xiaoqing drool.
Chapter completed!